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Metanephrops mozambicus   Macpherson, 1990

African lobster

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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South Africa country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Holthuis, L.B., 1991
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in Natal (Ref. 4). C: Ref. 106911; M: Ref. 4.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Holthuis, L.B., 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

African lobster, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Populaire namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Nephropidae (clawed crabs)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologie

; diepteverspreiding 180 - 750 m (Ref. 106911), usually 400 - 500 m (Ref. 106911).   Tropical, preferred 26°C (Ref. 107945); 3°S - 33°S, 31°E - 46°E (Ref. 4)

Verspreiding Landen | FAO regio's | Ecosystems | Voorkomen | Introducties

Southwest Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific: from Kenya to Natal.

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturity: Lm 4.9, range 3 - ? cm Max length : 20.5 cm TL mannelijk/geslacht niet bekend; (Ref. 122061); 20 cm TL (female)

Biologie     Verklarende woordenlijst (b.v. epibenthic)

It has a maximum total length of 20.5 cm (male) and 20 cm (female); and carapace lengths of 4.5 to 8.8 cm (male) and 3.7 to 8.3 (female). Minimum depth range from Ref. 122059. Occurs at depths from 200 to 750 m, but most common between 400 and 500 m (Ref. 4). Occurs along the edge of the continental slope on soft muddy substrata (Ref. 106911).

Life cycle and mating behavior Geslachtsrijpheid | Voortplanting | Kuitschieten | Eieren | Fecundity | Larven

Ovigerous females between December and June (Ref. 4).

Voornaamste referentie Referenties | Coördinator | Medewerkers

Holthuis, L.B. 1991. (Ref. 4)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Niet bedreigd (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2009

Status bij CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Gebruik door de mens

Visserij: commercieel
FAO - Visserij: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Tools

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Meer informatie

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Introducties
Stocks
Ecologie
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Populaire namen
Synoniemen
Predators
Voortplanting
Geslachtsrijpheid
Kuitschieten
Fecundity
Eieren
Ontwikkeling van de eieren
Leeftijd/Grootte
Groei
Lengte-gewicht parameters
Lengte-lengte parameters
Morfologie
Larven
Abundantie
Referenties
Mass conversion
Medewerkers
Illustraties

Internet-bronnen

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Visserij: ; publication : search) | GenBank (genoom, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (ga naar, zoek) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 10 - 12.3, mean 11.4 (based on 9 cells).
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref. 69278) Hoog, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd minder dan 15 maanden (K=0.45-0.48).
Kwetsbaarheid (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (11 of 100).
Prijsklasse (Ref. 80766): High.